HR Lead

Royal Docks Academy, London, E16 3HS

31 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  27 February 2026 at 10:59pm

• Date listed

  26 January 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £32,286.05 - £34,262.79 Annually (Actual)

HR Lead job summary

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

• Supporting the full employee journey, including recruitment, onboarding, contracts, absence management, and leavers

• Coordinating safer recruitment processes and maintaining the Single Central Record

• Ensuring payroll and workforce information is accurate and up to date

• Supporting leaders with absence management, wellbeing processes, and day-to-day HR queries

• Keeping HR records and systems accurate and compliant with GDPR

• Providing clear, professional HR advice in line with Trust policies

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

You will be someone who:

• Has demonstrable working knowledge of HR processes, ideally within a school or public sector setting

• Enjoys working with people and building positive relationships

• Is organised, adaptable, and confident managing priorities across two sites

• Handles confidential information with care, discretion, and professionalism

• Shares our commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children

CIPD Level 3 (or working towards) and previous school-based HR experience are desirable but not essential.

For a full person specification, please see the Job Description.

WHY JOIN US

• A supportive Trust environment with access to a central HR team
• A role with real variety and the opportunity to make a difference to staff wellbeing
• Term-time working, supporting work-life balance
• The chance to develop your HR experience within an education setting

WHAT CAN BMAT OFFER YOU

You will have access to a variety of benefits, support programmes and initiatives including:

• Pension scheme (Teachers' Pension Scheme or Local Government Pension Scheme) with generous employer contribution
• 27 days' annual leave plus bank holidays, rising to 30 days after 5 years' service, or equivalent for staff on term time contracts
• BMAT Health and Wellbeing Cash Plan including cover for routine and specialist healthcare and wellbeing services
• Employee Assistance Programme for free and confidential advice
• Cycle to work salary sacrifice scheme
• Wide range of shopping, leisure, and travel discounts
• Nursery Fee Salary Sacrifice scheme
• Home and Electrical salary sacrifice scheme

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is shortlisted and appointed. Early applications are therefore strongly encouraged.

BMAT is committed to safeguarding children; successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) guidance, we may also conduct an online search about any shortlisted candidates as part of our due diligence to identify any matters that might relate directly to our legal duty to meet safeguarding duties, in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE).

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Royal Docks Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 905 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Royal Docks Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/royal-docks-academy-london

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